Synodic month length 29.58 days

Length of current 945 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 51 minutes. It is 1 hour and 10 minutes shorter than next lunation 946 length.

Lunation length longer than mean

Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 7 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 56 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.

Lunar orbit position on 15 June 2076 Monday 12:00 UTC

True anomaly ∠114.1°

This New Moon true anomaly is ∠114.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠145.4°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).

Moon before perigee

8 days after point of apogee on 7 June 2076 at 01:18 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 19 June 2076 at 00:36 in ♒ Aquarius.

Distance to Moon 376 273 km

Moon before descending node

12 days after its ascending node on 2 June 2076 at 20:31 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 17 June 2076 at 01:51 in ♐ Sagittarius.

Draconic month

Moon before southern standstill

11 days after previous North standstill on 4 June 2076 at 02:42 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠24.333°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-24.331° in the next southern standstill on 18 June 2076 at 02:44 in ♑ Capricorn.